Fair Haven’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Fair Haven. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village first gained prominence as a port on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The openings in the sand bars on Little Sodus Bay were widened and protected by jetties in the middle of the 19th century, thus improving the shipping capabilities of Fair Haven. The west pier was later marked with a wooden outer lighthouse with a fourth order Fresnel lens and in 1873 a light keepers house was built on shore which still stands. Sometime later an inner lighthouse was added.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fair Haven’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fair Haven’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGaines Town of Business Notices.;…, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fair Haven, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Gaines Town of Business Notices.; Fair Haven (Village); Gaines (Township); Eagle Harbor (Village) (1875) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via WikidataFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.